Toy pistol.



UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

WILLIAM H. lVYTI-IE, OE GLENRIDGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO TI-IE RE- PEATING TORPEDO dt NOVELTY CO., OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

TOY PISTOL.

SPECTFGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 680,126, dated August 6, 1901.

Application filed -Fehrnary l5, 1900. Serial No. 5,261. (No model.)

To all whom it 11m/y concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. WYTHE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Glenridge, Essex county, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toy Pistols, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to that class of toy pistols known as repeating pistols, and contemplates a toy which shall be simple and inexpensive in its construction and safe, simple, and durable in its operation and which shall produce a series of detonations from a single loading.

Figure 1 is a view showing my pistol partially in vertical section and part in side elevation. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Referring to the drawings, A is a marble or other hard sphere provided with a surface composition, as described and claimed in my application, Serial No. 702,181, tiled January 14, 1899, the same being coated with a detonating compound so composed that it will only explode at a point of impingement.

B C indicate the framework of the pistol, composed of two castings of iron or other suitable material fastened together by rivets or screws a b, said castings'being formed with a cup or depression in which the ball A is loosely supported.

The hammer E, which is pivoted to the framework of the pistol by a rivet or pin c, preferably cast as a part of one of the sides thereof, is normally held, as shown in Fig. l, with its upper end bearing against the ball A under the action of spring G. As shown, one end of spring G is given a fixed connection or support within the pistol-frame by lugs or projections ff, which preferably are also cast as a part of the framework. t' is a piece of rubber or other suitable material inserted between the spring F and the trigger, which serves to impart rotation .to the ball, although it may be omitted, as the upper portion h of the trigger D contributes to and may serve this purpose.

A trigger D is loosely pivoted within the frame by a rivet or pin d, the journal-opening e being elliptical in form. The trigger is normally held in contact with the hammer by a spiral spring E, one end of which is inserted in an opening k in the frame, or it may be otherwise suitably secured against the said frame, While the other end of said spring passes through a hole in the upper portion h of the trigger. A shoulder or projection g engages a corresponding notch Z on the ham- 6o mer E.

The operation of the device is as follows: As the trigger is pulled the spiral spring F is compressed, the projection g engages with the notch Z, raising hammer E until said projection slips past said notch, when the hammer is released and by the action of the Hat spring G strikes against the ball A, causing a detonation at its point of contact. The pulling of the trigger also engages the upper 7o portion of the arm 71, of the trigger with the ball A, causing it to revolve and present a fresh or unexploded portion of its coating to the hammer. When the trigger is released, the elliptical journal e permits the projection g to pass over the notch Z, and the expansion of the spiral spring F throws the said trigger back to its initial position. This arrangement enables the operator to explode the detonating material on the ball as rapidly as de- 8o sired and as long as any of the coating thereof remains.

The cup-shaped receptacle for the ball is cast with a raised portion H, which acts as a shield to prevent sparks from flying in the face of or against the hand of the operator when the detonation or explosion takes place.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Let' ters Patent, is

l. In a detonating toy, the combination of 9o a frame, a cavity therein, a ball coated with detonating material loosely contained in said cavity, a hammer pivoted on said frame and adapted to strike said ball and means for propelling said hammer against said ball, sub- 95 stantially as described.

2. In a detonating-pistol, the combination of a stock, barrel and trigger, a cavity in the frame of said pistol, aball provided with detonating composition loosely contained within roo said cavity, a hammer actuated by said trigger, and means whereby said ball is revolved in every direction to present a different part of the surface of said ball to said hammer at cach successive operation of the pistol.

3. In a detonating-pistol, the combination of' the frame thereof, a ball provided with detonatin g composition, a receptacle in which said ball is loosely contained, and frictional engaging means to revolve said ball, as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a detonating-pistol, the combination of the frame thereof, a trigger and hammer,

tained, frictional engaging means for revolving said ball, and a shield or guard, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In combination With a ball provided with l a coating of detonating material, a receptacle in which said ball is adapted fo be loosely contained, a hammer mechanism for striking said ball consisting of a hammer, a trigger, pivots and springs for said hammer and trigger and frictional means for rotating said ball actuated by said trigger, substantially as set forth. c

6. In a detonating toy, the combination with a frame, a cavity therein, a ball'coated With detonat-ing material loosely contained in said cavity, a hammer pivoted on said frame and adapted to strike said ball, a trigger foractuating said hammer, and frictional material carried by said trigger for rotating said ball upon the movement of said trigger, substantially as described. I

ln testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specifica-tion in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WILLIAM H. WYTHE.

TWitnesses:

SAML. M. TAYLOR, JOHN C. SANDERS. 

